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• Runner Beans: When Enough Becomes Too Many!

  

  My 12 "Scarlet Emperor" Runner Bean plants have produced a huge crop. We like Runner Beans, that's for sure (they are probably my favourite Summer vegetable),... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• Playing the Diva

  

  One of the varieties of cucumber which I have grown this year and last is called "Diva" (aka "La Diva"). I have had a few problems with it... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• Furtling

  

  Today I had a furtle in the Roots bed. Sounds very dodgy, doesn't it? The word "furtle" (which can be a verb or a noun) can be defined as "A cursory... Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• Endings

  

  It's always a little sad when the garden begins to look "over". Although I do have some vegetables for the Autumn and Winter, and even some PSB growing away... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• Rainbow Veg

  

  They say that for a healthy diet you should try to eat foods of many different colours, because they each have different nutrients. Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• Nearly a Glut

  

  As regular readers will know, this year I have been concentrating on Quality rather than Quantity in relation to my veg-growing. Only, the tomatoes don't seem t... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• Images of September

  

  With the glorious Bank Holiday behind us now, we move into September and start thinking about Autumn. I'm still hoping for more good weather though. Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• August Bank Holiday

  

  Well, something really unusual has happened - we had beautiful weather for a Bank Holiday weekend! Whenever there's a 3-day weekend, it's normally cold wet and... Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• More Harvesting, More Preserving

  

  I think I have mentioned before that the only vegetables we consider freezing are Runner Beans, Tomatoes (in sauce form) and chillis. Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• Lavender - Making a Fresh Start

  

  I have recently read several articles about how to prune Lavender, the gist of which is to prune it very hard - right down into the brown wood. Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• Feast, Not Famine

  

  At present I don't have much gardening stuff to write about except for harvesting.But as you can see, I have been harvesting lots of different vegetables:The... Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• That's More Like It!

  

  As predicted a couple of days ago, my Runner Beans ("Scarlet Emperor") have responded to the wetter conditions and begun to produce pods in greater quantity. Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• The Tomato-processing Factory

  

  The tomato harvest is in full swing now!Every day I pick more of them. Today it was this basket of cherry tomatoes - mostly "Losetto", with a few "Sweet... Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• Not Good Drying Weather!

  

  When I harvested my onions the other day I had every intention of drying them in the sun. The sun however had other ideas! For the first few days I dutifully... Read more

  Posted on 17 August 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• Runner Beans

  

  are one of the most popular vegetables for amateur gardeners in the UK to grow. I think they are a relatively easy crop to grow too. Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• Homecoming Harvests

  

  You probably guessed from the absence of posts here on my blog that I have been on holiday for a while - and thus distanced from my Veg Plot. Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• Further Fungi Foraging

  

  A recent walk around our nearby Velmead Common confirmed that there are loads of interesting fungi to be seen at present. I think the recent heavy rain has... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• Harvesting Tomatoes

  

  The tomato harvest has begun in earnest!"Maskotka"I now have 5kgs of those "Maskotka" ones in the fridge now. They are ripening quicker than we can eat them.... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• Leeks

  

  Until recently the Allium family hadn't been well represented in my veg-plot. I grew some garlic once and it was pathetic; I have produced some reasonably... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• Picking Blueberries

  

  Yesterday (in between the showers, and whilst being battered by strong winds) I picked the best part of a kilogram of Blueberries.This is a real labour of... Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2017 GARDENING, HOME